The California Bar requires that an applicant for a license to practice law must be of good moral character. All those lawyer jokes aside, they really do put aspiring attorneys through the paces.
Having read of countless attorneys who were disbarred after later having been found to have lied on their application, I am wary of providing incorrect information. The typical bar applicant is about 24 years old, and listing all their jobs since they were 18 isn't all that much of a mental exercise. But I've lived in 3 states, and held various jobs in the last 35 years. Who really knows (or cares) if I left that job in Ohio in June of 1996 or August of 1997? Who will come visit me in jail, I wonder.
In addition to my employment, I have to provide five personal references, none of which can be relatives or current employers, at least one of whom must be in the legal field, and only one of whom can be one of our law professors. Not A nor B, but no more than one of C. After a review of the address book on my phone, I believe I have come up with five names. You should hope you are not on it.
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